But, more to the point, there is an interesting qualitative difference between images captured to commemorate an experience, and those captured for exploratory reasons. Namely, one tries to freeze reality in a still, take the information that we know exists and approximate it on paper or screen, albeit never perfectly. The other peers into the unknown and leaves us with more information than we began. Herein lies the problem. What to do with the information once its obtained?
I think this is where good old fashioned hard work counts. Technology can only take us so far. There is nothing better about an MRI scan that one would obtain at the smallest diagnostic center in the middle of nowhere, and one that is obtained at a large, teaching hospital. So what is the difference? I think it is this. A world of images that lack any creative people to interpret them properly is useless, a barrage of information that might as well be a commercial or a Jackson Pollack painting. Let's be grateful that we don't live in that world. Hopefully, you can use your experience to inspire a few of your students to study hard to become the next generation of creatives.
Jeff
- One neuro-oncologist, one neuro-surgeon, my brother a cancer research specialist, and my wife...
And one patient. Don't underestimate yourself in your treatment and healing; the team is very incomplete without you. Despair is easy to come by in these types of circumstances, but its toxic. I'm not really a cancer guy, but I know a lot about brain healing in general. I can tell you with all my confidence that thinking positively, any kind of exercise you can get, even really light exercise (in fact one study showed that just imagining oneself exercising had a positive effect on recovery from brain injuries), and really, just trying to have as good of an attitude as you can are some of the best medicines out there. I can sit here on my couch and say all this like its easy. Of course its not. But stay positive and confident, my friend.